Pyridine diazonium salts

Pyridyl ethers have been prepared from pyridine diazonium salts and alcohols " and with phenol, sodium 2-pyridyldiazotate gives... 

N-Nitroso-acylaminopyridines serve as sources of pyridyl radicals, as do pyridine-diazonium salts, sodium 2-pyridinediazotate and 3,3-dimethyl-l-(3-pyridyl)triazine (see p. 395). 

Elimination of the hydroxyaminomethyl moiety from nitro oxime 15 by treatment with a diazonium salt gave hydrazone 43 (75LA1029) (Scheme 15). The same product was obtained by coupling the diazonium salt with the compound 16. On heating in aniline, oxime 15 was transformed into Schiff base 42. Acylation of the oxime 15 with benzoyl chloride in pyridine led to a mixture of furazan 44 and dinitrile 45. 

There are several reports on the decomposition of diazonium salts, in particular from pyridines, in anhydrous HF [81JFC( 18)497 88JFC(38)435]. Mildness of conditions and improved yields are benefits. The elusive 4-fluoropyridine can be obtained using this method [81JFC( 18)497]. 

Conversions of diazonium salts into halogenated derivatives have been reported for compounds of type 128 and 129 [73JCS(P1)2901 80JCS(P 1)2398], Although some 7-substituted pyrazolo[ 1,5-u]pyridines have been made from the lithiated precursors, no halogeno products have been reported (92JOC5538). 

Bromination of 136 in methanol gave the 3-bromo derivative, identical with the product of Sandmeyer reaction of the 3-diazonium salt. When the reactive 3-position was blocked, electrophilic bromination would not take place (66JOC265). Chlorination appears to occur by addition [83AHC(34)79], and perhalides are known [84MI25 90AHC(47)1]. Activating substituents are able to induce some bromination in the pyridine ring. 

It was not possible to brominate the [l,2,4]triazolo[l,5-a]pyridine species (137) directly with bromine or NBS, but the 5- and 8-bromo (66CPB523) and 3-chloro (66JOC265) derivatives were made from the diazonium salts. More recently regiospecific 5-lithiation of 137 has provided access to the 5-bromo derivative in 94% yield (92JOC5538). 

In another investigation (Loewenschuss et al., 1976) dediazoniation was studied in TFE and in acetonitrile in the presence of pyridine. There is UV and NMR evidence for the formation of a diazopyridinium cation in addition, -CIDNP absorption and emission signals were observed. Systems containing diazonium salts and pyridine are important in industrial chemistry, as pyridine is used as a proton acceptor in the diazo coupling reaction (see Sec. 12.8) in a considerable number of syntheses of azo dyes. At the same time pyridine has an unfavorable effect on the yield because of the competing homolytic dediazoniation. 

However, an evaluation of the observed (overall) rate constants as a function of the water concentration (5 to 25 % in acetonitrile) does not yield constant values for ki and k2/k i. This result can be tentatively explained as due to changes in the water structure. Arnett et al. (1977) have found that bulk water has an H-bond acceptor capacity towards pyridinium ions about twice that of monomeric water and twice as strong an H-bond donor property towards pyridines. In the present case this should lead to an increase in the N — H stretching frequency in the o-complex (H-acceptor effect) and possibly to increased stabilization of the incipient triazene compound (H-donor effect). Water reduces the ion pairing of the diazonium salt and therefore increases its reactivity (Penton and Zollinger, 1971 Hashida et al., 1974 Juri and Bartsch, 1980), resulting in an increase in the rate of formation of the o-complex (ik ). 

SUCCINIMIDE, N-IODO-, 42, 73 Sulf anilic acid, reaction of the diazonium salt with substituted benzyl alcohols to give aldehydes, 44,. 4 Sulfoacetic acid, 44, 102 Sulfonation of pyridine, 43, 97... 

With a phenol, naphthol or keto-enol coupling component the mechanism is given by Scheme 4.4, in which blocking of the p-position forces coupling at the o-position. In certain cases involving the use of feebly reactive diazonium salts, loss of the proton from the transition state (4-1) in Scheme 4.4 may be slow but may often be facilitated by the addition of a tertiary base, such as pyridine, to the coupling mixture [7,8]. 

When 2 -methoxy-2-biphenylamine is diazotized in fluoroboric acid, an 85% yield of solid 2 -methoxy-2-biphenylyldiazonium tetrafluoroborate is produced. On heating in dry benzene, this salt loses nitrogen and provides 0-methyldibenzofuranium tetrafluoroborate as an unstable solid. The latter salt, on account of the low basicity of dibenzofuran, reacts with a range of nucleophiles that undergo methylation with the release of dibenzofuran. Pyridine and pentachloropyridine are N-methylated, benzo[fc]thiophene is S-methylated, and tetrahydrofuran and phenetole are 0-methylated. ° Thus it is no surprise that diazotization of 2 -methoxy-2-biphenylamine, followed by boiling of the diazonium salt in acidic solution, provides dibenzofuran in 90% yield.The scope of this method of dibenzofuran synthesis (Scheme 18) has been little explored probably because of the difficulty of preparing the requisite biphenyls, which is usually accomplished by a crossed Ullmann reaction. A similar synthesis of xanthones from 2-amino-2 -methoxybenzophenones is known. ° ... 

Diazotization of 2- and 4-aminopyridines leads to the corresponding diazonium salts which, as they cannot be stabilized by mesomeric donation of electrons from the heterocyclic ring, tend to be highly unstable. Under normal aqueous diazotization conditions, therefore, the major products tend to be 2-pyridones (equation 85). 2-Chloro- and 2-bromo-pyridines can be obtained in moderate to good yield if the diazotization is carried out in concentrated hydrochloric or hydrobromic acid. In contrast to this situation which pertains with simple aminopyridines, the diazonium salts obtained on diazotization of 2- and 4-aminopyridine N-oxides are stabilized by resonance and therefore undergo normal diazonium salt reactions (equation 86). 

Since isoquinolinones are known to be very potent inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (PARP), thieno[3,4-( ]pyridin-4-ones have been studied for their potential as PARP inhibitors <1999BMC297>. Early studies indicate that the sulfur analogues also act as potent PARP inhibitors. Thienopyridine diazonium salts can be converted into heterocyclic dyes that are useful as disperse dyes for polyester fabrics <2005DP(64)223, 2006DP(70)60>. 

In the recent patent literature a procedure is given for coupling a diazonium salt with ethyl a-methylacetoacetate to afford an azo compound which could be used as an acetylating agent because its acetyl group was readily cleaved under mild conditions [26], In the coupling reaction, relatively weak bases such as pyridine, picolines, quinoline, and collidine are said to be effective. The example is given here for illustration only. It is to be noted that this is a composition of matter patent. 

In contrast, some substituted anilines, e.g. 2-nitroaniline,143 2-chIoro-4-(trifluoromethyI)ani-Iine,143 benzene-1,3-diamine,150 or 4-chlorobenzene-1,3-diamine,150 give only very low yields of product or formed tars under the fluorination conditions. The diazotization followed by in situ fluorodediazoniation of the corresponding diazonium salts have been systematically studied in hydrogen fluoridc/base solutions of different composition to ascertain the most important influences on the reaction.329 Besides numerous examples of substituted anilines, various derivatives of pyridine, pyrimidine, 1.3,5-triazine, and benzthiazole have been included in these investigations (yields 45—99%). 

The Balz-Schiemann synthesis can be applied not only to substituted anilines but also to aminobiphcnyls1,131 or amino-substituted fused polyaromatic compounds, such as naphthalene,1114,119,129 anthracene,136 phenanthrene,1135 acenaphthene,133 fluorene,1,131,134 benzanthracene,130 136 pyrene,136 chrysene,136 fluoranthene,131 fluorenone,1,131 anthra-quinone,1,137,139,140 benzanthrone,1,117,118 phenanthraquinone,138 or xanthone.132 Fluorinated pyridines,1,141"146 methylpyridincs,126,147 149 pyridinecarboxylic acids,150 quinolines,1,151 isoquinolines,152 quinazolone,1 thiazoles,153,154 isothiazoles,156 benzothiazoles,157 thiadiazoles,155 and thiophenes154 can also be obtained from the corresponding aminated heterocycles. Modified Balz-Schiemann methods are recommended for amino nitrogen-containing heterocycles, the diazonium salts of which are rather water-soluble and unstable (a violent explosion was reported for pyridine-3-diazonium tetrafluoroborate).159 These new techniques have also been specially adapted for pyrazol-, imidazol-, or triazolamines which fail to react under classical conditions.158... 

Diazotization has been reported for all the pyrazolopyridines, and in some cases the salts have been isolated. A 7-aminopyrazolo[4,3-c]pyridine (191a) was converted to the corresponding hydroxy compound with sodium nitrite in hot glacial acetic acid.159 Analogous products were obtained from a 3-aminopyrazolo[3,4-b]-15 and 2-aminopyrazolo[l,5-a]pyridine.186 Decomposition of diazonium salts with hydrobromic acid afforded 3-bromo-pyrazolo[3,4-c]-u0 or -[4,3-bjpyridines111 deamination of 3-aminopyra-zolo[3,4-h]pyridines was achieved via treatment of the diazonium salts with hypophosphorous acid,10 titanous chloride,238 or ferrous ammonium sulfate.238 Kocevar et al.236 have made a detailed study of the reactions of the latter diazonium salt. 

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